Countertenor Jake Arditti studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Andrew Watts and the Royal College of Music‚ with Russell Smythe where he was supported by a Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award‚ a Drapers Company‚ Baroness de Turckheim Scholarship and the Josephine Baker Trust.

Finalist and special prize winner at the 2012 Innsbruck International Baroque Singing Competition‚ critics have described him as Outstanding (Guardian and Independent)‚ a rising star countertenor (Observer)‚ noted for his show-stealing riches of vocal colour and stage presence (Telegraph). His professional career began as a treble‚ singing with English National Opera and Glyndebourne‚ where he performed Yniold Pelléas et Mélisande.

Further roles include Apollo Terpsicore / Il Pastor Fido and Unulfo Rodelinda for the London Handel Festival. Theatre work includes The Revenger’s Tragedy and Dido Queen of Carthage (National Theatre) and Laurie Sansom’s critically acclaimed production of The Duchess of Malfi for The Royal and Derngate‚ Northampton.